Relevance of Baseline Viral Genetic Heterogeneity and Host Factors for Treatment Outcome Prediction in Hepatitis C Virus 1b-Infected Patients

Verónica Saludes; Elisabet Bascuñana; Elena Jordana-Lluch; Sònia Casanovas; Mercè Ardèvol; Esther Soler; Ramón Planas; Vicente Ausina; Elisa Martró

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0072600

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Relevance of Baseline Viral Genetic Heterogeneity and Host Factors for Treatment Outcome Prediction in Hepatitis C Virus 1b-Infected Patients

Verónica Saludes,

Current address: Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

Affiliations Microbiology Service, Fundació Institut d’Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain, CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
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Elisabet Bascuñana,

Affiliation Microbiology Service, Fundació Institut d’Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain
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Elena Jordana-Lluch,

Affiliation Microbiology Service, Fundació Institut d’Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain
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Sònia Casanovas,

Affiliation Microbiology Service, Fundació Institut d’Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain
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Mercè Ardèvol,

Affiliation Hospital Pharmacy, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
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Esther Soler,

Affiliations Liver Unit, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, CIBER Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Barcelona, Spain
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Ramón Planas,

Affiliations Liver Unit, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, CIBER Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Barcelona, Spain
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Vicente Ausina,

Affiliations Microbiology Service, Fundació Institut d’Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Bunyola, Spain
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Elisa Martró

* E-mail: emartro.igtp.germanstrias@gencat.cat

Affiliations Microbiology Service, Fundació Institut d’Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain, CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
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Relevance of Baseline Viral Genetic Heterogeneity and Host Factors for Treatment Outcome Prediction in Hepatitis C Virus 1b-Infected Patients

Verónica Saludes,
Elisabet Bascuñana,
Elena Jordana-Lluch,
Sònia Casanovas,
Mercè Ardèvol,
Esther Soler,
Ramón Planas,
Vicente Ausina,
Elisa Martró

Published: August 28, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072600

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